Glass (by Ellen Hopkins)

i think this book is great. it helps us realize that drugs might make you feel good but that there also very bad. im 14, and i read this book in 8th grade. and yes i tried pot before, and i have realized that after reading this that i've made a mistake. i mean i dont encourge anyone to read if, but if you would like to see what drugs do to you then read it. think about what your doing. this book was not made to convince young readers to do drugs, it was made to describe what they do to you, and how it effects young teens live's. i hope by reading this that many parents wont be so negative, and buy this book and let your teens read it. let them see how scary it is too do this, maybe by reading it they will make better decisions.

I read the book and i thought it was a good and a real life story that people can relate too. It does describe bad events through out the story but it shows how a young teenage mother tries to do better for not only herself but her son too. She does struggle and lets the bad stuff get the best of her but at the beginning she seemed well commited with trying to do better. It may sound easy to get better after being addicted to a drug but its harder and more complicated then what it seems. We had to understand that in this certain situtation... but it is a very good book!

I think the book is good but it is horrible how she abandons a kid and then is pregnant by the end . It is bab because she is a drug addict .

it shows exactly why people shouldn't do drugs. the monster sends the main character to the equivalent of hell with no control of anything. certainly the bad side of seemingly glamorous drugs. after reading this, any thought in my mind of doing drugs is completely vanished. all this is coming from a teenager with a lot of opportunities to throw away everything and just party.

"...from sweetest dreams to find yourself in the middle of a nightmare."- from Glass. This book sums up the book perfectly. The writing is pitch perfect, and Ellen's Best Book Ever, and thats a whole lot of praise! Glass, begins right where Crank left off, and this book is just as addictive as Crank was, maybe even more. I did not like the length of the novel, but the free verse makes it a faster read, but Hopkins does not sugar coat anything, Glass is raw. Raw raw raw raw raw....... it is also disturbing, sexual, loud, sharp.... sharp as the material the novel's title is based on. Although the writing is fast- paced, and the novel is not the easiest book to swallow (well, every book is pretty hard to swallow) The violence includes a baby falls to the floor, blood is described. The 'monster' is abusive mentally to Kristina and her father. The sex includes Kristina having sex with her boyfriend's cousin, and Kristina ends up pregnant... again. The drug use is constant and upsetting, and even if Kristina is un-responcible, you care for her, and root for her. Although the story is about drug use, it also shows what happens to people who get addicted to meth, and who else it affects, and how it tears apart families. The swearing is harsh, including f***, di**, da**, sh**, su**, a**, h***, wh***, ect. I loved this book and recommend it for anyone who loves poems, and is a fan of Ellen Hopkin's Crank! Enjoy!

I loved it. i plan on reading it to mi daughter plenty of times as a way to teacher her the consequences of her actions. the book is a very good teaching tool

first off read Crank first as this is a sequel to it . next thing is to understand that this book is a first person perspective about crystal meth addiction and inculdes several sexual incoutners which leads to teen pregnancy number 2 for main character Kristina/Bree .

I think that this is a good book for teens to read to see the consequences of their actions.

This is a really good book. It doesn't whitewash anything and you can see this really happening to a family. I think that my daughter is too young for this right now, but I would like her to read it when she is a bit older and discuss Kristina and her choices with her.